Attributed to Georg David Matthieu (1737-1778)

Portrait of Amalie, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1732-1775), standing small half length, wearing an embroidered blue dress with lace chemise and an ermine-lined red cape, diamond earrings, necklace and headdress

Details

Attributed to Georg David Matthieu (1737-1778)
Portrait of Amalie, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1732-1775), standing small half length, wearing an embroidered blue dress with lace chemise and an ermine-lined red cape, diamond earrings, necklace and headdress
with the crowned inventory number 540 on a label on the stretcher and with the inventory numbers 1457 (in red) and 4763 (in blue) on the stretcher
oil on canvas, unframed
81.3 x 65.8 cm

Exhibited

Schwerin, 1954, n0434, as by an unknown hand.

Lot Essay

Another version, by an unknown hand, is in the Staatliches Museum Schwerin (catalogue 1954, n0433). For information on the artist, see the lot 19.

The sitter, daughter of Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1683-1756) and Gustave Karoline, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1694-1748), remained unmarried. See for another portrait of the sitter by an unknown hand lot 20.

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